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The One About…
What Should PA Instruction Look Like?
Tiffany Peltier,  and Marianne Rice Ph.D
Quote:
“The case for using letters in PA instruction is stacking up higher & higher… New research out today: An upside-down U curve found for oral PA instruction (diminishing returns after less than
10hrs) but the OPPOSITE—increasingly MORE returns after 16 hrs—for PA w/LETTERS ��”

Tiffany Peltier
Tiffany Peltier bio:
Tiffany Peltier is a Research Scientist in the Collaborative for Student Growth at NWEA. She earned her PhD in Learning Science at the University of Oklahoma and her Masters in Reading
and Bachelors in Early Childhood Education from Texas A&M University.
Marianne Rice:
Academic Researcher, Educator, and Reading Specialist at the Department of Educational
Psychology, Texas A&M University
Email: [email protected]
Article:
A Meta-Analysis on the Optimal Cumulative Dosage of Early Phonemic Awareness Instruction
Florina Erbeli, Marianne Rice, Ying Xu, Megan E. Bishop & J. Marc Goodrich
Published online: 25 Jan 2024
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10888438.2024.2309386
RIP to Advanced Phonemic Awareness by Tim Shanahan (Reading Rockets)
https://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-on-literacy/rip-advanced-phonemic-
awareness

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Dr. Rasinski’s bio
Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.
Professor of Reading Education
Reading and Writing Center
Kent State University
401 White Hall
Kent, OH 44242
[email protected] ; 330-672-0649
website: www.timrasinski.com
Twitter: @timrasinski1

Timothy Rasinski is a professor of literacy education at Kent State University and director of its award-winning reading clinic. He also holds the Rebecca Tolle and Burton W.Gorman Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership. Tim has written over 250 articles and
has authored, co-authored or edited over 50 books or curriculum programs on reading education. He is author of the best-selling books on reading fluency The Fluent Reader and The Megabook of Fluency. Tim’s scholarly interests include reading fluency and word study, reading in the elementary and middle grades, and readers who struggle. His
research on reading has been cited by the National Reading Panel and has been published inn journals such as Reading Research Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, Reading
Psychology, and the Journal of Educational Research. Tim is the first author of the fluency chapter for the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume IV.
Tim served a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association and was co-editor of The Reading Teacher, the world's most widely read journal of literacy education. He has also served as co-editor of the Journal of Literacy
Research. Rasinski is past-president of the College Reading Association and he has won
the A. B. Herr and Laureate Awards from the College Reading Association for his
scholarly contributions to literacy education. In 2010 Tim was elected to the International
Reading Hall of Fame and he is also the 2020 recipient of the William S. Gray Citation of
Merit from the International Literacy Association. In a 2021 study done at Stanford
University Tim was identified as being among the top 2% of scientists in the world.
Prior to coming to Kent State Tim taught literacy education at the University of Georgia.
He taught for several years as an elementary and middle school classroom and reading intervention teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. Tim is a veteran of the United States armed forces.

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The One About…

A Speech to Print Approach with Dr. Jan Wasowicz

A blog by Lyn Stone entitled, "Culty as Charged: Why the Speech to Print Movement Needs Brakes,” and the follow-up blog, “Culty as Charged Part 2: Some Solutions,” raised some eyebrows, but advocates of the approach seemed to shy away publicly from presenting a counter-argument.

Articles:

https://lifelongliteracy.com/culty-as-charged-why-the-speech-to-print-movement-needs-brakes/

https://lifelongliteracy.com/culty-as-charged-part-2-some-solutions/

In defense of Speech to Print Structured Literacy, we invited Dr. Jan Wasowicz to join us to discuss the evidence base for S2P and its benefits. Jan Wasowicz, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, has more than 40 years of experience as a language, literacy, and learning specialist. 

 
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The One About…

Assemblymember Bobby Carroll: Literacy Advocacy and Dyslexia 

Article:

NYT 

By Grace Ashford 

January 3, 2024 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/nyregion/new-york-schools-reading-hochul.html

“This is a very big deal, because for a long time, people realized what was going on was not working. But nobody stood up and said it needs to change,” Ms. Hochul said…

Assembly District 44

Assemblymember Robert Carroll’s Bio:

https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Robert-C-Carroll/about/

Assemblymember Carroll is the leading literacy advocate in the legislature. His Dyslexia Task Force Act, which establishes an expert panel to create standards for universal screening for dyslexia, evidence-based literacy interventions and professional development for teachers, is the first major piece of dyslexia and literacy legislation ever passed by the legislature.

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The One About: Curriculum Champions vs. the Teacher Defenders with Kata Solow
“Right now, the Curriculum Champions are winning politically. But if they’re going to succeed in the classroom, they need to win over teachers on the ground. This piece is about how to do that.” – Kata Solow
Article:
Comprehensive Reading Curricula and Teacher Expertise: We Don’t Have to Choose
November 30, 2023 by Kata Solow
https://www.shankerinstitute.org/blog/comprehensive-reading-curricula-and-teacher-
expertise-we-dont-have-choose
Kata Solow Bio:
Kata Solow is the Executive Director of the Goyen Foundation where she led its multi-year transformation process and created the Goyen Literacy Fellowship to recognize exceptional reading teachers. She is a former classroom educator, school administrator and field organizer.
Goyen Foundation Website:
https://www.goyen.io/

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The One About…
Steve Dykstra’s Interpretation of Mark Seidenberg’s Slide Deck
“Identifying what was wrong was much easier than figuring out what to do instead.” – Mark Seidenberg How are teachers supposed to figure out what to do?
The Literacy View asked Dr. Steve Dykstra to help us unpack Mark Seidenberg’s Yale
presentation slides. Mark Seidenberg’s Slide Deck from a presentation given at Yale:
“Where Does the Science of Reading Go From Here?”
https://seidenbergreading.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Yale-talk.pdf
Dr. Steve Dykstra has worked as a psychologist for over thirty years in the public sector. He is a founding member of the Wisconsin Reading Coalition and Vice President of the Coalition for Reading Excellence.

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Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System is Often Wrong with Dr. Matt Burns

“Flipping a coin would actually be better.”
“And when it came to identifying the readers who were furthest behind, Burns said, the BAS performed even worse.”
 Matt Burns is a special education professor who conducted the first peer-reviewed study of the BAS.
Article: “Benchmark Assessment System Reading Test is Widely Used and Often Wrong” APM Reports
December 11, 2023 by Christopher Peak
https://www.apmreports.org/story/2023/12/11/benchmark-assessment-system-reading-test- often-wrong
Matt Burns Bio:
https://education.ufl.edu/faculty/matthew-burns/

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The One About…
Is ‘Sold a Story’ an incomplete and oversimplified picture of reading?
Nick Covington’s view
“My goal with this piece is to capture the questions and criticisms that I have not just about the narrative of Sold A Story but of the broader movement toward “The Science of Reading,” and bring in other evidence and perspectives that inform my own. I hope to make the case that “The Science of Reading” is not a useful label to describe the multiple goals of literacy; that investment in teacher professionalization is inoculation against being Sold A Story; and that the unproductive and divisive Reading Wars actually make it more difficult for us to think about
how to cultivate literate kids.” – Nick Covington Nick Covington bio:
Nick is the creative director for the Human Restoration Project and former high school Social Studies teacher in Iowa public Schools. He promotes progressive education across the board. Nick aims to reestablish the idea of what school could be to one of student-centered success that relies on their ideas and knowledge instead of a dictated “future-ready” curriculum.
Website:
Humanrestorationproject.org
Article:
Unsettling the Science of Reading: Who is Being Sold a Story?
https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/writing/who-is-being-sold-a-story-unsettling-the-
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Don’t Discard Comprehension Strategies with Jennifer Buckingham
“The arguments against teaching comprehension skills and strategies are often framed in these ways: 1) Comprehension skills/strategies are not generic, transferable competencies … so it is a waste of time to teach them explicitly.
2) Reading comprehension is highly dependent on background knowledge … so an evidence-based approach to reading comprehension is to always embed instruction in a knowledge-building context.
These two statements are only partly true.” – Jennifer Buckingham
Article: Don’t Discard Comprehension Strategies
June 22, 2023
https://fivefromfive.com.au/blog/dont-discard-comprehension-strategies/
Bio:“Dr Jennifer Buckingham OAM is Director of Strategy and Senior Research Fellow at MultiLit, and Director of the Five from Five Project.
Jennifer is the founder of the Five from Five project which provides evidence-based information on effective reading instruction. Her PhD research was on effective instruction for struggling readers. She has provided advice on reading instruction, curriculum and policy to the NSW,
Victorian, South Australian and federal governments and was the chair of the expert advisory group to the federal government on a Year 1 literacy and numeracy assessment. Jennifer works with systems, schools and teachers to improve literacy instruction and assessment. She is a board member of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership, an affiliate member of the La Trobe University SOLAR Lab and a member of the National Catholic Education Commission’s Standing Committee on Educational Excellence.”

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The One About:
Reading Curriculum Overhaul with Journalist Alex Zimmerman
Is your school using a new reading curriculum for the first time this year? ��
Do you feel prepared to transition to a new reading curriculum? ��
Is your district “building the plane while flying it?” ��
Teachers and school leaders are struggling to make the transition.

Alex Zimmerman Bio:
Alex Zimmerman is a reporter at Chalkbeat New York, where he covers the largest school
system in the country. Before covering schools, he focused on police accountability, LGBT
issues, public health and transportation. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Village Voice,
Vice and Atlas Obscura.
Article:
“How is NYC’s literacy curriculum mandate going? Teachers feel unprepared.”
Chalkbeat
November 27, 2023
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2023/11/27/teachers-want-more-training-for-reading-
curriculum-overhaul/

To contact Alex Zimmerman via email: [email protected]

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